CORPORATE INSURANCE RISK MANAGER

The Corporate Risk Manager will be responsible for building out the Corporate Risk Insurance Program at Pillar from strategic and tactical perspectives managing policies with and integrating the programs across the company. This position will serve as the subject-matter expert for Pillar’s corporate insurance program, including policies, coverage, and claims, and serve as the primary point of contact for the company’s Insurance broker(s). This role will support the company and be responsible for maintaining and enhancing all insurance-related aspects of the organization aligned with Pillar’s continued growth and complexity while providing oversight and guidance on contracts to understand and minimize risk to the company.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, or equivalent combination of education and similar experience managing corporate insurance risk is required.
• Must have strong business analysis and assessment capabilities and effectively apply business analyst methodology and enforce best practices to major business principles, processes, and technologies.
• Should possess a self-starter mindset and curiosity towards current happenings in the macro-environment and the subsequent effects on the real estate acquisition, development, and management industry. Must use this knowledge to make recommendations on the company’s insurance policies and practices.
• Have an entrepreneurial spirit to design and implement an effective corporate insurance risk program.
• Must possess strong organizational skills and ability to multitask.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to collect, analyze and present data and effectively lead discussions.
• Must have a minimum of 10+ years of previous related risk management, insurance brokerage, underwriting and coverage or consulting.
• Experience working in or closely with the broker/carrier industry is preferred.
• Relevant certifications such as Associate in Risk Management (ARM) or Management Liability Insurance Specialists (MLIS) are a plus.

• Filing insurance claims, providing requested documentation for existing claims, completing insurance renewal applications, and maintaining insurance files across executive risk, crime, and property/casualty insurance programs and perspective(s).
• Actively remain up to date on market occurrences to make effective recommendations to mitigate potential impacts and risks based on industry, and macro-environment events and trends.
• Maintain existing brokerage relationships and oversee the annual policy renewal process, including strategy design, renewal application completion, broker guidance on carrier negotiation, coverage benchmarking, and renewal recommendations.
• Take an immersive approach to educate business lines on corporate insurance programs, applicable policies, and risk to mitigate long-term risk; ensure the program aligns with evolving business needs.
• Build strategic reporting such as quarterly reports on claim status and relation to coverage and Annual Reporting.
• Effectively present quarterly and annual findings to Executives, Risk Committee, the Board, and otherwise.
• Other duties as assigned.